Futu Holdings Limited

statements, which represent the company's belief regarding future events, which by their nature are not certain and are outside of the company's control. Forward-looking statements involving hearing risks and uncertainties. We caution you that a number of important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those containing any forward-looking statements. For more information about the potential risks and uncertainties, please refer to the company's filings with the SEC, including its annual report. With that, I will now turn the call over to Leif. Leif will make his comments in Chinese, and I will translate.

Thank you for participating in today's conference. At the end of the third quarter, the number of real estate customers reached 3.13 million, which increased by 43% and increased by 9%. The current competition for real estate customers is 25.4 million, which increased by 65% and increased by 25%. We see that the number of customers in each market has increased further.

Thank you all for joining our earnings call today. We concluded the third quarter with 3.13 million funded accounts, marking a 43% year-over-year and 9% quarter-over-quarter increase. During the quarter, we acquired 254,000 net new funded accounts, up 65% from a year ago and 25% sequentially. We're encouraged to see accelerated client acquisition in all markets.